Co‐sizing of an electromechanical device by using optimisation process

Abstract

PurposeThis paper deals with the collaborative design of electromagnetic devices over the internet network. The design is made by both mechanical and electrical engineers. So, the paper tries to show the importance but also constraints to size such a system using a collaborative optimisation process.Design/methodology/approachThe paper compares two approaches in order to size an electromechanical actuator between mechanical and electrical engineers. In the first one, each profession designs its part, and only common constrained are negotiated. This can result in a design process with many iterations. In the second one, electrical and mechanical engineers built together a common model of the structure and a common list of specifications: this allows a global optimisation that is more efficient.FindingsThe main result of the paper is that the second approach in which a global model is built between electrical and mechanical engineers is more efficient.Originality/valueThe originality of the paper is to explore the problems and difficulties of an optimisation of an electromechanical device between engineers of different culture working together over the internet network.

A tool for the collaborative sising of electrical device : CoSTo

“…12 and Fig 13). Finally, a XML file is generated in the server ready to be used by a composition tool of calculation components to obtain o global sizing calculation component [5]. …”

Multi-level design of an isolation transformer using collaborative optimization

“…The non-nested CO strategy has been applied for solving a satellite MDO problem, showing an important computational time reduction. The CO of an electromechanical actuator, implying decisions both from electrical and mechanical domains has been addressed in Ammar et al (2005). The different disciplinary analyzers are often represented by complex numerical codes, which require an important amount of time for their evaluation.…”